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Richard Lewis Brooke 1525 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 JAN 1594

Death Location: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Brooke

Mother: Elizabeth Starkey

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whitman

Children(s): Martha Brooke, Thomas Brooke

In 1525, Richard Lewis Brooke entered the world in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Slade Brooke and Elizabeth Starkey. Richard Lewis Brooke married Elizabeth Whitman, and had children including Martha Brooke, Thomas Brooke. Richard Lewis Brooke passed away in 1594 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1525, Richard Lewis Brooke entered the world in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Slade Brooke and Elizabeth Starkey.
  • Richard Lewis Brooke married Elizabeth Whitman, and had children including Martha Brooke, Thomas Brooke.
  • Richard Lewis Brooke passed away in 1594 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Brooke
1498 – 1553
Birth Location: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Starkey
1505 – 1550
Birth Location: Oulton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whitman
1535 – 1599
Birth Location: Bletchingley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Martha Brooke
1553 –
Birth Location: Norton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Brooke
1561 – 1612
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Brooke's Ancestors

Self
Richard Brooke
1525 – 1594
Birth Place: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Slade Brooke
1498 – 1553
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Starkey
1505 – 1550
Oulton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Thomas) Brooke
1474 – 1522
Leighton by Neston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane Meverell
1485 – 1514
Throwley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hugh Starkey
1474 – 1516
Oulton, Warwickshire, England
Margaret Egerton
1480 – 1509
England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Brooke
1447 – 1503
Anne Venables
1453 – 1491
Thomas Meverell
1439 – 1473
Jane Eyre
1445 – 1473
Sir Starkey
1440 – 1527
Agnes Needham
1440 –
Philip Egerton
1460 – 1534
Jane Smith
1480 – 1509
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Brooks
1425 – 1447
Agnes Venables
1427 – 1491
William Venables
1439 – 1493
Petronella Caverswall
1441 –
Thomas Meveral
1417 – 1496
Elizabeth Montgomery
1419 – 1439
Robert Derbyshire"
1422 – 1452
Elizabeth Fitzwilliam
1426 –
Sir Starkey
1410 – 1439
Lady Donnet
1408 – 1442
Robert Needham
1385 – 1448
John Egerton
1458 – 1528
Elizabeth Dutton
1462 – 1492
Gilbert Smith
1432 –

Richard Brooke's Descendants

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Richard (Lewis) Brooke (1525 – 16 JAN 1594) m. Elizabeth Whitman (9 SEP 1535 – 15 JUN 1599)
  1. 1. Martha Brooke (1553 – )
  2. 2. Thomas Brooke (1561 – 13 SEP 1612) m. Susan Foster (1576 – 18 SEP 1612)
    1. 1. Richard Ibrook (ABT 1580 – 14 NOV 1651) m. Margaret Clark (From 1587 to 1588 – 4 APR 1664)
    2. 2. Thomas Brooke (1586 – 25 JAN 1665)
    3. 3. Henry Brooks (1592 – 12 APR 1683) m. Sarah Brook (ABT 1600 – 1650) m. Susanna Bradford (1610 – 15 SEP 1681) m. Grace Wheeler (ABT 1639 – ) m. Annis Jaquith (ABT 1591 – )
    4. 4. Richard Brooks (ABT 1598 – )
    5. 5. Robert Brooke (3 JUN 1602 – JUL 1655) m. Mary Baker (3 JUN 1602 – 20 NOV 1634) m. Mary Mainwaring (1606 – 29 NOV 1663)
    6. 6. John Brooke (1605 – 1677) m. Judith Winsmore (1606 – )
      1. 1. Mary Brooke (ABT 1636 – 1707) m. Hugh Sherwood (1632 – 22 MAR 1710)
        1. 1. Margaret Sherwood (ABT 1663 – 10 OCT 1755) m. William Hambleton (ABT 1663 – 24 JUL 1725)
        2. 2. Daniel Sherwood (20 MAY 1668 – 15 AUG 1738) m. Mary Hopkins (6 AUG 1672 – 1746) m. Mary Hopkins
        3. 3. Philip Sherwood (ABT 1670 – 1717)
        4. 4. Hugh Sherwood (ABT 1676 – )
        5. 5. John Sherwood (1678 – 13 FEB 1745) m. Lucy Mann (ABT 1678 – ) m. Elizabeth Pitt (ABT 1647 – 15 NOV 1717) m. Penelope Skillington (1676 – )
        6. 6. Catherine Sherwood (ABT 1678 – ) m. Ralph Rice (1676 – 1729)
        7. 7. Susan Sherwood (ABT 1682 – 1755) m. Edward Trippe (ABT 1678 – ) m. Philemon Hambleton (ABT 1678 – )
        8. 8. Francis Sherwood (ABT 1690 – 31 OCT 1737) m. Joanna Neale (ABT 1674 – ) m. Joanna Neall (ABT 1705 – ) m. Joanna (Mrs) Sherwood (1680 – )
      2. 2. Mary Holt (ABT 1636 – 6 NOV 1683) m. William Johnson
      3. 3. Mary Brook (<1676> – ) m. Joseph Ennalls (ABT 1670 – 1709)
      4. 4. Brooke (ABT 1690 – ) m. Sarah (Mary) Cole (ABT 1716 – )

Richard Brooke's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Richard Lewis Brooke in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
1594
16 JAN 1594
Age 69
Death of Richard Lewis Brooke in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 JAN 1594
    Event Place: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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